Meyer Meyerson

Meyer "Mike" Meyerson of Culver City, California, passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014 (10 Tishri 5775). Services will be held Friday, October 10, 2014, at 10am in the Eternal Light Chapel of Groman Eden Mortuary. Services will be officiated by Rabbi Zachary Shapiro, and will conclude Graveside in Eden Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Mike's memory to: Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org; and/or Alzheimer's Foundation of America, www.alzfdn.org, in Alice's memory, Mike's beloved wife of 44 years. Mike Meyerosn, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend to everyone he encountered, is preceded in passing by his wife, Alice Meyerson (Of Blessed Memory), his brother, Henry Meyerson (Of Blessed Memory), his son-in-law, John Stallone (Of Blessed Memory), and his brother-in-law, Roy Rickus (Of Blessed Memory); he is survived by his children, Alan (Mary) Meyerson, Barbara (John- OBM) Stallone, Andrea (Maureen Guthman) Meyerson; his step-son, John Del Mano; his sister-in-law, Shirley (Henry- OBM) Meyerson; his sister, Shirley (Roy-OBM) Rickus, his brother, Dave (Arlene) Meyerson; his grandchildren, Eric (Janice) Kaufman and Scott Kaufman; and his great-grandchildren, Brendan, Sydney, Shayna, Dylan, Jayce, and Jordan Kaufman; and his many dear nieces and nephews.

Mike created and ran Meyerson Tax Service where he personally prepared nearly 400 tax returns yearly. It gave him great joy to help his clients, although he always referred to them as his friends.

His greatest joy in life was to help others and never said no to anyone in need. He was a kind and loving soul with a heart of gold.

He loved dancing, and in 1967 he met the love of his life, Alice Meyerson, at a ballroom dance. They fell in love, married and danced for 47 wonderful years until she passed in May 2013. They are now dancing in heaven together.

Mr. Meyerson is an Honorably Discharged Veteran of the United States Navy, having served during WWII in the Northern Pacific Ocean. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.

He lived everyday to the fullest spreading his joy, happiness, and love of life. With an undying sense of humor, and never without a joke at hand, he brought laughter to all who were lucky enough to have ever been in his presence.

Mike will be greatly missed and his memory cherished by the thousands of lives he has touched. He will remain forever in our hearts.

The following was published in The Aldenite, Volume 5, Number 20, May 30, 1945-

"Those Busy Bees", by Helen Valla-

A letter received by Florence Wawryzniak from Meyer Meyerson relates some of his experiences in the Navy. The letter reads, in part:

"Everything is still going okay with me and I'm feeling fine. I still like the work in Radar and find it pretty interesting. The other guys of the Radar gang are pretty nice fellows. Most of them are from the solid south.

"The CMO is a pretty nice place to work for. Many times a lot of us guys get together and talk about home and one of my favorite topics for discussion is Chicago Mail Order Co., or should I say Aldens.

"The Navy censorship has been revised a little and now after we complete any operations we are able to write and tell all about them, providing at least 30 days have passed since the operation. Do you care to hear about some?

"First of all grab a map and look for the Kurile Islands. You'll find it's located due north of Tokyo. Okay, now I'll go on. Our task force has participated in two shore bombardment raids in the Kuriles. On the night of November 21, 1944, we proceeded to and bombarded Matsuwa Island (located in the central part of the Kuriles). During the 20-minute bombardment, out task force fired 300,000 pounds of shells at the Japs, causing violent explosions and many fires. Naturally, they fired back at us, but it was all weak and ineffective. Matsuwa is one of the most important air fields in the Kuriles, and we did our share to help wreck it.

"After the bombardment we began to head back to our base. A storm came up tossing us around like hot potatoes. The waves began to come as high as 60-70 feet and many times we were close to capsizing. The storm was so bad we had to slow down considerably and the following day found us well within the range of Jap bombers. But due to heavy fog, which was our protection, no planes were sighted. Besides the bad storm, the weather was plenty cold. Our task force finally reached our base safe and sound, with no battle damages at all.

"Our second bombardment (our first daylight raid) occurred January 5, 1945. This time, Suribachi Wan on Paramushiro (also located in the Kuriles, northern part) was our objective. This is, or rather was, the most important cannery up there and the air field. Once again we reached port safe and sound."

Arrangements under the direction of Groman Eden Mortuary, Mission Hills, CA.